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台灣葉鼻蝠

简台湾叶鼻蝠 · 繁台灣葉鼻蝠

Mandarin · pinyin Tái wān yè bí fú

Formosan leaf-nosed bat

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台: tái · platform; unit; term of address
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葉: yè · leaf, petal; page of book; period
鼻: bí · nose; first; Kangxi radical 209
蝠: fú · bat
湾: wān · bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream
叶: yè · to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf

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2–1–4–2–2 · Tai2 wan1 ye4 bi2 fu2

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